5 notable Sixers takeaways from Bryan Colangelo and Brett Brown

The Sixers held their annual media luncheon with Brett Brown on Wednesday, but with a bit of a twist. Joining him this year was general manager Bryan Colangelo, and the pair answered all the pressing questions about the team heading into training camp on Tuesday. Out of all the things they had to offer, here are five of their most noteworthy quotes on the day.

Sixers are bringing Joel Embiid along slowly

The health of Joel Embiid was a main topic of conversation with Brown and Colangelo, but neither would commit to him being ready for the start of training camp.

"It’s really early in the process to determine where Joel is," Colangelo said. We have put him through a very hyper-conservative progression towards returning to basketball. Its been very important to us to make it criteria base where he checks off certain boxes so he can move on to that next step."

Colangelo reiterated that Embiid has suffered no setbacks, and the team will be following whatever directive new Vice President of Athlete Care, Dr. C. Medina Leal, sets for Embiid.

"We are very excited about where we see him from a physical standpoint," Colangelo went on to say. "He looks like he’s in tremendous shape and condition."

Reading between the lines, it seems as though the Sixers are fine with mostly keeping Embiid off the court until they start playing in games that matter. Given his fluid contract situation (which Colangelo says he's "cautiously optimistic"about) and his relatively brittle body, it does make sense to limit some of the toll that training camp may induce on his body. Expect him to be ready to play in the team's season opener.